Politifact.com: Statements from Kevin Bradyhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/kevin-brady/Statements from Kevin Brady reviewed by Politifact.comen-usTue, 23 Dec 2014 17:22:37 -0500Kevin Brady: &quot;Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas&#39; sales tax deduction a decade ago.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/dec/23/kevin-brady/kevin-brady-says-sales-tax-deduction-has-saved-tex/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Kevin Brady says sales tax deduction has saved Texas families more than $10 billion
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<p>A declaration about how Texans have benefited &nbsp;from a federal tax deduction led Austin economist Stuart Greenfield to call for the Texas Truth-O-Meter. Greenfield asked us about the accuracy of a statement by U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Houston, &nbsp;in a Dec. 17, 2014, press release issued after the U.S. Senate agreed with the House to extend the ability of Texas taxpayers to deduct sales taxes on federal income tax returns. Brady, a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said: &quot;Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2014/dec/23/kevin-brady/kevin-brady-says-sales-tax-deduction-has-saved-tex/">>> More</a>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:22:37 -0500http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/dec/23/kevin-brady/kevin-brady-says-sales-tax-deduction-has-saved-tex/Kevin Brady:
&quot;Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/aug/19/kevin-brady/kevin-brady-says-more-80-percent-trade-deficit-nat/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Kevin Brady says more than 80 percent of trade deficit with nations without free-trade agreements with United States
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<p> U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, last month spoke in support of creating an Emergency Trade Deficit Commission, while noting his hopes for congressional ratification of trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. &quot;The world has changed,&quot; Brady said on the House floor July 28. &quot;It&rsquo;s not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world. And in fact, over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States; ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2010/aug/19/kevin-brady/kevin-brady-says-more-80-percent-trade-deficit-nat/">>> More</a>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/aug/19/kevin-brady/kevin-brady-says-more-80-percent-trade-deficit-nat/